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- Title
A Statewide Public Health Approach to Improving Organ Donation: The Massachusetts Organ Donation Initiative.
- Authors
Koh, Howard K.; Judge, Christine M.; Alpert, Hillel R.; Jacobson, Marsha D.; Lyddy, Anne Marie; O'Connor, Kevin J.; Fitzpatrick, Sean M.; Luskin, Richard S.; Krakow, Milly
- Abstract
Despite the growing disparity between organ supply and demand in the United States, few initiatives have attempted to close the gap through systematic population-based public health endeavors. We examined the evolution, implementation, and outcomes of the Massachusetts Organ Donation Initiative, a statewide effort that included a unique partnership among organ procurement organizations, major teaching hospitals, and the state's department of public health. Lessons from this initiative have contributed to growing national efforts for increasing organ supply and have provided insights for addressing this continuing public health challenge.
- Subjects
MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED States; ORGAN donation; ORGAN donors; PUBLIC health; BUSINESS partnerships; TEACHING hospitals; MASSACHUSETTS. Dept. of Public Health; SUPPLY &; demand
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2007, Vol 97, Issue 1, p30
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2005.077701